GELATINOUS ASCITES
\d͡ʒɛlˈatɪnəs ɐssˈa͡ɪts], \dʒɛlˈatɪnəs ɐssˈaɪts], \dʒ_ɛ_l_ˈa_t_ɪ_n_ə_s ɐ_s_s_ˈaɪ_t_s]\
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A condition characterized by poorly-circumscribed gelatinous masses filled with malignant mucin-secreting cells. Forty-five percent of pseudomyxomas arise from the ovary, usually in a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS), which has prognostic significance. Pseudomyxoma peritonei must be differentiated from mucinous spillage into the peritoneum by a benign mucocele of the appendix. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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